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Amherst focuses on diversity

Contributing Reporter
Published Thursday, March 2, 2006

Several Yale students and administrators are questioning whether the University is keeping up with the pack after Amherst College announced a new initiative to attract students from low-income backgrounds.

Amherst President Anthony Marx '81 announced in January that one of the school's primary long-term goals is to increase the enrollment of students from lower-income families, an objective the school tentatively plans to meet by increasing need-based financial aid awards and reducing the burden of student loans. During the last several years, Yale has enacted similar programs to...

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